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PC demand remains a challenge, though AI computers are coming

PC demand remains a challenge, though AI computers are coming

HP Inc. CEO Enrique Lores says the stage is set for a recovery in PC demand later this year, even if the outlook for the first half of 2024 looks mixed at best. “Demand has slowed down in commercial,” Lores told Yahoo Finance Live on Wednesday, but he expects growth to return for the PC market in the second half of the year. Lores’s near-term caution in part reflects continued demand challenges in the computer and printer markets. Laptop shipments fell 16% month over month in January, according… Source link

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Google ‘rater’ contract workers rally at Mountain View headquarters to demand higher pay

Google ‘rater’ contract workers rally at Mountain View headquarters to demand higher pay

MOUNTAIN VIEW — Dozens of Google workers from across the country rallied at Google headquarters Wednesday to demand higher wages and benefits from Google’s parent company Alphabet. With the backing of the Alphabet Workers Union, a group of Google contract workers known as “raters” made their voices heard on Google’s main campus calling for fair pay and benefits. “I support the largest revenue stream that Google has, and I don’t have healthcare from my employer, and I don’t have the… Source link

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Protesters demand justice for Tyre Nichols across U.S. after Memphis police bodycam footage released

Protesters demand justice for Tyre Nichols across U.S. after Memphis police bodycam footage released

People hold signs at a protest in Times Square after footage showing Tyre Nichols’s fatal beating at the hands of Memphis, Tenn., police officers was released on Friday night. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters) Protests unfolded across the U.S. on Friday night after body camera footage and surveillance video showing Memphis, Tenn., police officers brutally beating Tyre Nichols were released. Nichols’s family, the Memphis police chief and President Biden called on protesters to remain peaceful in… Source link

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Tesla owners in China protest price cuts as delivery times extend on higher demand

Tesla owners in China protest price cuts as delivery times extend on higher demand

Tesla (TSLA) shares are climbing higher today despite a mixed slew of news out of one of its most important markets, China. Reports over the weekend detail a number of protests at Tesla showrooms, as recent Tesla buyers complained about the automaker’s decision to cut prices on Friday. The price cut was the second decrease in the past three months, as Tesla tries to boost demand in the competitive Chinese market. Reuters reports Tesla also cut prices in Australia, Japan, and South… Source link

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Paring demand without killing supply

Paring demand without killing supply

One goal of the Federal Reserve’s efforts to rein in inflation is to get the housing market “back into balance between supply and demand,” according to Fed Chair Jay Powell. The problem? The central bank’s main inflation-fighting lever largely improves one side of the supply-and-demand equation, while potentially hurting the other. That means the short-term moves to get home price growth under control could exacerbate the years-long trend of too few homes for sale dating back even before… Source link

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Tesla Q3 earnings preview: It’s all about demand

Tesla Q3 earnings preview: It’s all about demand

It will be another big quarter for Tesla (TSLA), and the markets overall, when the EV giant reports Q3 earnings after the bell on Wednesday. Wall Street is expecting Tesla to report: That revenue figure would represent more than a $5 billion jump from Q2, where Tesla experienced COVID-related and operations optimizing shutdowns in Shanghai. Year over year that estimated revenue figure would be a nearly 61% jump from Q3 of 2021. On the profitability end, Tesla is expected to report adjusted net… Source link

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